EA’s BioWare needs a hit with the new Dragon Age video game

BioWare, the Electronic Arts Inc. studio best known for making complex role-playing games, has struggled to find a hit in recent years. It would appear to reverse that trend Dragon Age: The Veilguardthe fourth entry in the fantasy series, which will be released on Thursday.

There is a lot at stake for this new one Dragon Agewhich was restarted twice during a turbulent development process. BioWare’s last two games of 2017 Mass Effect: Andromeda and 2019 Anthemwere both criticized. Fans and pundits have worried that if Dragon Age: The Veilguard doesn’t deliver, the results could signal the end for the Edmonton, Alberta-based game studio.